Combination collar-fastener.



PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

M. OLSSON. COMBINATION COLLAR PASTE-NEE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 10, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINATION COLLAR-FASTENER- SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 755,162, dated March 22, 1904. Application filed December 101903. Serial No- 184,643. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARIA OLSSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination Collar-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment-fasteners; and it has relationparticularly to a device for fastening the ends of a collar or stock andguarding against riding or upward displacement of the collar or stock.

An object of the invention is to provide two interlocking members whichare attached to the two meeting ends of a collar or stock or otherdevice applied to the neck; but for the purpose of simplifying thedescription any such device will be hereinafter termed a collar.

Furthermore, an object of the invention is to provide novel means on oneof the members for engaging a loop or eye attached to the waist orneckband, whereby the said collar is held in place against upwardmovement.

' Furthermore, an object of the invention is to produce interlockingmembers which will tend to stiffen the collar in order that it may beheld in place against wrinkling or sagging.

Furthermore, an object of the invention is to provide two interlockingmembers for attachment of the ends of a collar and in the provision ofnovel means whereby the members interlock and simultaneously engage aneye or loop on a waist or collar-band to accomplish the resultheretofore enumerated.

Finally, an object of the invention is to produce a device of thecharacter noted which will possess advantages in points of utility andefiiciency, proving at the same time comparatively inexpensive tomanufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail refer- Fig. 4' illustrates amodified construction and arrangement of parts, whereby the membersinterlock and at the same time engage the loop or eye 6 on the waist orneckband.

In the drawings, A denotes the waist-section, a the neckband, b the loopor eye, which is here shown' attached at the junction of the waist andthe neckband. The members 0 and d are each formed of a single piece ofwire, one of which, the member 0, has a series of hooks e. -As stated,the member 0 is formed of a single piece of wire which is bent on itselfand has its two members lyingparallel except for the break occasioned bythe formation of the hooks e. The member d is formed of a single pieceof wire bent on itself, with the two portions lying parallel except forthe offset sd, which form the eyes with which the hooks engage. Theparallel portions of the member d converge at the bottom and are bent toform a hook d When the two members 0 and cl are attached in place to theends of a collar, ,as

shown in Fig. 1, the hooks on the member 0 engage the eyes on the memberd, and the hook d engages the loop or eye I). This effects the closingof the collar and at the same time prevents its displacement.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 I have illustrated an eye or loop 6extending vertically or parallel with the members when in a lockedposition. It is my purpose to so position this loop or eye 6' that itwill be engaged by the lower book 0' after it has engaged the eye of themember d. In this construction the hook 0K is omitted, and the lowerhook 0 serves to engage the eye of the member d and the eye of the loop5, which arrangement suflices to prevent riding or sagging of thecollar.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the two members d' and 0 are formedwith alternating hooks and eyes d' and 0'. This arrangement serves toprevent the accidental disengagement of the hooks and eyes.

The construction, operation, and advantages will, it is thought, heunderstood from the foregoing inscription, it being noted that variouschanges may be resorted to in the proportions and details ofconstruction for successfully carrying the invention into practicewithout departing from its scope.

Having fully described the invention, What the presence of twowitnesses, this 2d day of 3 December, 1903.

MARIA OLSSON.

Witnesses ANNA OLSSON, LYDIA OLSSON.

